LAS VEGAS — Bob Arum, the promoter of tomorrow’s Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao extravaganza, is using the event’s undercard to drive revenue, but not in the conventional...
LAS VEGAS — The deference between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto was upheld at Thursday’s final pre-fight press conference, the last chance for promoters to crank...
Nikolay Valuev is routinely labelled a “freak of nature. ”Standing 7ft 2in and weighing over 310 pounds, the WBA beltholder owns distinction as the largest heavyweight...
Earnest appeals for prizefighters to quit their profession are a regular occurrence. As is the case with Jermain Taylor, the retirement calls are usually driven by...
The lonely nature of prizefighting is not confined to the ring. Customarily, a successful fighter will find an unlimited supply of sycophants, while a ring-worn pug...
While being ridiculed as possibly the weakest period in heavyweight boxing, the majority of this decade’s contenders can claim to posses a superior physical skill set...
Ten months ago at Manchester’s MEN Arena, Amir Khan was lying stretched on the canvas, having been starched in 54 seconds by an obscure lightweight. On...
As the subway train stops at Manhattan’s Penn Station a swarm of baseball fans, decked out in Mets jerseys and caps, eagerly board and turn the...
Three Mercedes and three SUVs, each heaving with burly, steely-eyed personnel make their way through the streets of London. This is not the cavalcade of a...
DUBLIN, Ireland — Remarkable displays of resilience were on show at the Bernard Dunne-Ricardo Cordoba event at the O2 Arena – and not just inside the...